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In the late 1930s, when he was still an amateur fighter, Sugar Ray Robinson began lugging an old Victrola record player around with him on the road. Full Article at The New York Times
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Director Bruce Broder had never heard of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program when he first began filming his son, Owen, and two other members of a middle school jazz band. Full Article at PopMatters
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 29: Museum technicians Jennifer Robertson (L) and Dale Hunt hang a painting by musician and artist Tony Bennett of jazz musician Duke Ellington at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on April 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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I listen to Duke Ellington and Nina Simone ... I barely listen to rap.
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In words often used to describe the music of Duke Ellington, Myron Walden is a saxophonist beyond category. Full Article at All About Jazz
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As Latin-jazz legends go, saxophonist Ray Santos ranks high on the list. Few living Latin-jazz artists today can claim to have played in and arranged for the bands of Machito, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez. Full Article at All About Jazz
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There are winds of changes blowing Gathering leaves up in its path And the people who are the leaves Will remain in our heart With love, till eternity King Elmore was born, So was Duke Ellington Jelly Roll made love Bessie Smith was created in heaven... Full Article at American Songwriter
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 29: Musician and artist Tony Bennett speaks to reporters after presenting his painting of jazz musician Duke Ellington to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on April 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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In Ken Burns’s mighty documentary on jazz, the only songwriter mentioned is Duke Ellington, not George Gershwin, Irving Berlin or Cole Porter, whose music is also an integral part of the jazz world
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Rudy's Like Duke Ellington: Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me -- By: Jim Geraghty
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Maria Comella, who was one of Rudy Giuliani's communications strategists during his presidential campaign, sends along the statement, "Rudy has a history of making up his own mind and has no problem speaking it. Full Article at National Review Online
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I don't ordinarily review collections of essays, especially collections of previously published essays, but I don't want to miss the chance to tell readers just how interesting and accomplished a cultural critic David Hajdu is, and this, his first... Full Article at Globe and Mail
About Duke Ellington
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader. Full Article
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Duke Ellington - "God Is Love" watercolor, 14"x20" National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Tony Bennett.
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This 1958 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows jazz great Duke Ellington playing the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris.
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This 2004 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography is a self-portrait of the photographer Herman Leonard, in New Orleans.
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This 1958 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows jazz great Duke Ellington playing the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris.
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Singer Tony Bennett presents a watercolor painting he made of Duke Ellington, to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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A watercolor painting by singer Tony Bennett, of Duke Ellington, is hung at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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Singer Tony Bennett stands in front of a projection of a watercolor painting he made of Duke Ellington, before presenting it to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, Tony Bennett sings during an event in Washington. Bennett is donating a watercolor he made of jazz great Duke Ellington to a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C.
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Cynthia Hudson kisses her daughter, Dayna Hudson, after Dayna was awarded a full, four-year scholarship to George Washington University during an inter-school assembly at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2009, in Washington.
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Malissa Wilkins hugs her mom, Shawn Wilkins, after being awarded with a full, four-year scholarship to George Washington University as her father Byron Wilkins applauds at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2009, in Washington.
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This photo, supplied by the U.S.Mint, shows one of the sides of the newly released District of Columbia quarter, featuring district native son, jazz musician Duke Ellington.
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This artist rendering provided by the U.S. Mint shows the Washington, District of Columbia (DC) quarter, featuring Duke Ellington. The quarter is the first of 2009 and the first in the DC and U.S. Territories Quarters Program.
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I listen to Duke Ellington and Nina Simone ... I barely listen to rap.
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In Ken Burns’s mighty documentary on jazz, the only songwriter mentioned is Duke Ellington, not George Gershwin, Irving Berlin or Cole Porter, whose music is also an integral part of the jazz world
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I'm a major supporter of music through the eyes of youth, especially in the classics ... You've got kids (here) doing marching band music, and then you go to some place like Saipan to do a mentorship, and they have a band that was invited to Carnegie Hall to play Duke Ellington's 'Entertainer' piece. Ma...
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It’s going to be a real ‘back to the big bands,’ ... We’ve got (music from) Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, all that good stuff. We really want the public to come out for it.
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I think if he had his druthers, he would have rather been a Count Basie or Duke Ellington
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I got to hear a lot of great big band music ... Even so, Tommy Dorsey is my favorite dance/swing band with Duke Ellington coming in as my all-time favorite true swing band.
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In terms of the impact on young people, I think it’s a beautiful thing ... But, in the end, even spectacle has to deal with the darkness. That’s where the bluesman comes in. Guy Lombardo can be nice on a certain night, but you’re going to need Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
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At Carnegie Hall, which has featured on its three stages such varied musicians as Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan and the Berlin Philharmonic, only Artistic and Executive Director Clive Gillinson makes more than the stagehands.
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There are several great films on Duke Ellington, Count Basie, . . . Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald. It's just unbelievable. You can put a price on the shape and condition of the films ... but you can't put a price on the overall collection.
SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch
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